Block Stitch Kitchen or Tea Towel, Free Crochet Pattern

Spring is the perfect season to use that cotton yarn in your stash, the time to work up something nice for your home. So why not crochet some kitchen towels to match your decor? This crochet pattern is designed using the Block stitch but without the hassle of fastening off every row. If you haven’t seen my Facebook video on how to change colors every row without fastening off, you will learn something new today. So grab your hooks and get started.

Note: This towel is worked sideways. The pattern refers to the colors of the green towel.

With H hook and cream color yarn, ch 52. The initial chain is a multiple of 3+1.Row 1: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in next ch, *(ch 2, skip 2 chains, 1 sc in next), repeat from * until 1 st is left, 1 sc in last ch while picking up the new color, green. Do not fasten off the cream yarn, just drop it to pick up later, turn.——–16 ch loops

Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as a dc here and throughout), 3 dc in each ch-2 space across to end, skip next st, 1 dc in last st. Take your hook out of the last loop and place a marker in that loop to ensure that your work doesn’t unravel. Do not turn.—–50 dc

Row 3: This row is worked on the same side as the previous row by picking up the cream yarn that we dropped on the right edge of your work. Insert your hook through the top of beginning ch-3 of the previous row and pull through the cream colored yarn, ch 1 with the yarn joined. 1 sc on top of beginning ch-3 in same place where you worked the beginning ch 1, 1 sc in the adjacent space between beginning ch-3 and next dc, *(ch 2, skip 3 dc, 1 sc in next space between the 3dc groups), repeat from * across, 1 sc in last marked st while joining the green color back. To join green color back, you start working your sc and once you have 2 loops left on your hook, take out the marker and pull the green loop through (shown below). Turn.-—–16 loops Repeat rounds 2 and 3 eleven more times and you end in a Row 3 repeat. Fasten off the cream color after you pick up the green loop.

Gathering the Top of the Towel

Row 1: Ch 1 with the green color you just joined and work across the row ends, 1 sc in the same corner as ch 1, 2 sc in the space under next beginning ch-3, 3 sc in the space under each beginning ch-3 across until 1 space is left, 2 sc in last space, 1 sc in the corner, turn.—-36 sts

Row 2: Ch 1 ( not counted as a st), sc2tog in the same st as ch 1 and next st *(1 sc, sc2tog), repeat from * to end, turn.—–24 sts

Row 3: Ch 1, sc2tog in the same st as ch 1 and next st, sc2tog across to end, turn.—–12 sts

Last Row: Ch 1, skip next st, 5 dc in next st ( the 3rd st), skip next st, sl st into the last st. Fasten off.

Adding the Bottom Border

Work the first row on the wrong side of your towel. It is up to you which side you want to pick as the wrong one.

Row 1: Join cream colored yarn with a sl st at the bottom corner and work across row ends, 1 sc in the same corner as the sl st, 2 sc in next space under beginning ch *(1 sc on top of the white speck of color, 2 sc in the next space under beginning ch-3), repeat from * to last space, 1 sc in the corner, turn.—-37 sts

Row 2: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st as ch 1, 1 sc in each st across to end. Fasten off.

Finishing 1. Make a round of sl st around the top gathered green part of your towel to even out the edges. 2. Weave in any ends left and sew on the button. You can find a matching dishtowel pattern here: Dishtowel.

Check out my full collection of crochet patterns here, Pattern Gallery or check out the two famous spring patterns below.